Does anyone here make homemade treats for your coworkers? Looking for good ideas (but also good and not just another batch of peppermint bark :rolleyes:. I need to make three batches for whatever it is for about 45 people total (three different locations/ probably 15 at each hospital).
So far, I am thinking of converting this recipe to cupcakes although I think I will need to do something different with the frosting. Mostly a young crowd and can’t think of anyone who would be offended by a little alcohol but might make one non-alcoholic batch.
We do get a lot of treats from clients too, so savory/non-dessert ideas are welcome.
This year, my treats-for-distribution will be dipped pretzel rods. You coat them in caramel and various strengths of chocolate, then cover in festive sprinkles. It’s quick, universally appealing, popular this year, and not too sweet.
I make about 4 batches of peanut brittle every year to give away at Christmas. It seems pretty popular, but you do have to watch out for folks who have peanut allergies. It can be made with cashews instead. I use the Betty Crocker recipehere.
My mother goes cookie crazy during Christmas. She usually makes peanut butter, sugar, chocolate chip, and thumbprint (which I called Thumper and could not figure out what they had to do with a rabbit) cookies…
My stepmother used to make crescent biscuits and fill them with nuts and honey or poppy seed filling and roll them up and bake them…they were so good.
My usual thing is just plain old devilled eggs and stuffed celery…not too exciting here…
We make a ton of cookies for friends of the family. Snickerdoodles, spritz, Christmas tree spritz with green food coloring (the cookie press will be your worst enemy though), chocolate chip, oatmeal (those have been falling in popularity), thumbprints, etc. We also love making buckeye balls–peanut butter and sugar balls dipped in melted chocolate.
Another pretty cool recipe: Fudge made with Velveeta cheese. It requires insane amounts of confectioner’s sugar, but it’s a good, rich fudge.